This paragraph by Anthony Schneider taken from this site put a smile to my face and a laugh in my belly as I realised that he was actually talking about W@H and WTM

In Johannesburg, and on the beaches and savannas of southern Africa, it is the hadeda ibis, not the rooster, whose song, if it can be called that, announces morning. Har-har-har, he calls. Loud, raucous, guttural, the hadeda’s cacophonous call sounds like drunk men laughing. Har-har-ha-de-da.

Imagine a middle-aged man, grumpy and barrel-chested. He drinks too much, yells too often, laughs a lot but is quick to anger. Now put feathers on him and stick him in a tree. Give him avian vision, a long curved bill, and a Red Sox fan's hoarse yawp—and hello, hadeda.

Thanx Saraf and Matthys for responding.
What I would really like to know is if someone actually have seen a Hadeda catching fish.
Mine had babies - there is about 60+ of them - so I wouldn't even notice if a few of them disappear. It is just difficult for me to imagine that a Hadeda can be quick enough to grab one.

naomi c wrote:Thanx Saraf and Matthys for responding.What I would really like to know is if someone actually have seen a Hadeda catching fish.Mine had babies - there is about 60+ of them - so I wouldn't even notice if a few of them disappear. It is just difficult for me to imagine that a Hadeda can be quick enough to grab one.

In my old house in Mooinooi (North west province) my stoep overlooked the neighbours overgrown green fishpond that only had noisy frogs and tadpoles in it. But are often saw Hadedas around the edge but never catching anything. there was a hammerkop that for a while had supper there every night.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood ?

I have two Hadeda (look like a couple) who have become a daily addition to my garden as they have taken to eating my dogs' biscuits. Should I be concerned as this is quite a deviation from their "normal" dietery intake.

Kimink wrote:I have two Hadeda (look like a couple) who have become a daily addition to my garden as they have taken to eating my dogs' biscuits. Should I be concerned as this is quite a deviation from their "normal" dietery intake.

No problem for them, they eat lizards, snails, insects etc. your feeding bill might see a sharp increase though

My vet even recommended little cat pellets to supplement the diet of some of my garden rescues.